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Re: AV Server 1 COM Ports



No problem, I will stay with the standard procedure and emphasize in 
training to have pollworkers turn unit off immediately after UPLOAD OK 
appears. If Citrus stays concerned about the lack of auto reset, I will 
change them to S19=1.

Thanks for the help.

Mark

PS - Ken, that time stamp on your response suggests you were having a wild 
and crazy Saturday night!

At 1/6/2002 02:03 AM, you wrote:
>Its really a testing thing.  If you test it thoroughly
>and it works, it works.
>
>I would prefer though if we left standard operating
>proceedure stand for the time being unless you or one
>of your accounts feels really strongly about it.
>There is a broken timeout value in the GEMS AVOS setup
>dialog that is supposed to perform this function.
>I'll try to see that it gets fixed in the forseeable
>future.
>
>Ken
>
>
>--- Steve Knecht <skglobal@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > That's a question for someone more technical than I.
> >  I'm sure someone else
> > can respond to this.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mark S Earley <meglobal@earthlink.net>
> > To: <support@gesn.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 6:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: AV Server 1 COM Ports
> >
> >
> > > Thanks Steve. Somehow I never picked up on that
> > before.
> > >
> > > Any problems with setting the S19 register to 1?
> > This resets the modem to
> > > Waiting For Call after 1 minute of inactivity. I
> > tried it and it works
> > > better than leaving the line hanging indefinitely.
> > >
> > > I'm a little worried it may interfere with some
> > kind of delayed up or down
> > > load, or modem usage outside of GEMS.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > > At 1/4/2002 08:53 PM, you wrote:
> > > >Mark,
> > > >As far as I know that sounds like the "common
> > behavior".  That is the
> > modem
> > > >in the field does not "hang up" until they power
> > off the AccuVote in the
> > > >field.   Whether there are better methods or not
> > I don't know, but that
> > is
> > > >what we "train" for.
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: Mark S Earley <meglobal@earthlink.net>
> > > >To: <support@gesn.com>
> > > >Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:36 PM
> > > >Subject: AV Server 1 COM Ports
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > While performing test uploads from AVOS units
> > to AV Server 1, COM
> > Ports
> > > > > do not reset until AVOS unit is powered OFF or
> > port is cycled thru
> > > > > STOP/START. Is this normal, or is there some
> > setting that can correct
> > > > > this?
> > > > >
> > > > > I found that setting modem S register S19=1
> > will put the COM Port back
> > > > > to "Waiting For Call" status after 1 minute.
> > Is there any hidden
> > problem
> > > > > with this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark
> > > > > Mark S Earley
> > > > > Support Services Specialist
> > > > > Global Election Systems
> > > > > office: 850 422-2100
> > > > > cell: 850 322-3226
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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